DPAM-5390 Teamwork and Communication for Integrated Healthcare
Prerequisites: Successful completion of prior DPAM course work. This course provides the foundation for beginning health professions students to understand the complexities of the health care system and the role of interprofessional collaboration to improve the system. Through an interprofessional context, students will explore the art and science of teamwork and communication skills, cultural competency, ethical issues, healthcare disparities, social determinants of health, and evidence-based medicine. The curriculum prepares students to work collaboratively in inter-professional patient centered teams. This course will prepare students for interprofessional case experiences that will occur during the second week of “Transition to Clerkships†and during supervised clinical practice experiences. Students will collaborate with other health professions students during their time in the Mid- Carolina region of the Area Health Education Center (AHEC). Instruction includes: Principles of inter-professional education and practice Roles and responsibilities of various health care professionals including the physician-PA team Team approach to patient centered care beyond traditional physician-PA teams Opportunities to apply principles in inter-professional teams through various socio-cultural topics related to healthcare The Core Curriculum course will provide instruction in: Team structure and effective team dynamics Communication Leading teams Situation monitoring Mutual support